[CODE4LIB] Job: Research Data Curator, Office of Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines

2012-09-19 Thread Schwartz, Raymond
Colorado School of Mines Office of Research and Technology Transfer Research Data Curator Colorado School of Mines invites applications for a self-motivated individual to establish a robust research data management program at the University. Reporting to the Vice President for Research and

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Assets/E-Resources Librarian, Simmons College, Boston, Mass.

2012-09-19 Thread Jason Wood
Simmons College Library is accepting applications for the position of Digital Assets/E-Resources Librarian. This position will develop and implement strategies to enhance management and presentation of digital collections including serials, knowledge bases and electronic resources.

[CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

2012-09-19 Thread Tania Fersenheim
Got a favorite discovery interface? Send me the URL I am doing some quick dirty investigation into libraries that have successfully and elegantly integrated discovery of various resources, e.g.: - library catalog - federated indexing service such as Serials Solutions or Primo Central, or a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

2012-09-19 Thread Bess Sadler
Hi, Tania. I think there are some amazing examples among these Blacklight interfaces: https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/wiki/Examples There are a bunch there, but I'll let the people who maintain them tout their own. Of course I'm particularly partial to SearchWorks, our

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

2012-09-19 Thread Keith Jenkins
It's not a library, but the McMaster-Carr product catalog is a classic: http://www.mcmaster.com/ Keith On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Tania Fersenheim tan...@brandeis.edu wrote: Got a favorite discovery interface? Send me the URL I am doing some quick dirty investigation into

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

2012-09-19 Thread Sian Meikle
Full disclosure -- it IS our library's site -- but the University of Toronto Libraries use a drupal frontend to integrate our library catalogue (Endeca), Summon (local presentation powered by Summon APIs), e-journals (a filtered subset of catalogue data via Endeca), and resource guides

[CODE4LIB] Public Knowledge Project announces the 1.0 (Beta) release of Open Monograph Press

2012-09-19 Thread Lisa Schiff
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is very pleased to announce the 1.0 (Beta) release of Open Monograph Press (OMP). OMP is an open source software platform for managing the editorial workflow required to see monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions through internal and external

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

2012-09-19 Thread Alexander Johannesen
I love the Trove from the National Library of Australia ; http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Alex -- Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps --- http://shelter.nu/blog/ -- --